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Teenaged angst pales beside the challenges faced by 14-year-old Daniel of Frankfurt, Germany. The year is 194 1; Hitler is in power and is deporting Jews to Poland. By 1944, Daniel's mother and sister are presumed dead and he and his father are imprisoned in Auschwitz, where they experience unforgettable horrors. Daniel's Story, by Carol Matas, was written to coincide with an exhibit at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Although Daniel is a fictional character, his story unsparingly recreates, for a new generation, the dreadful realities of Nazi Germany.
If we forget, we will once again be defenseless against evil. If we forget how bestial, how brutal ... clean, upstanding citizens became, if we forget, then we too could become that way.
Matas has Daniel say, in justification of a book that could give some of its young readers nightmares. This is strong medicine, to be taken with caution.
Pat Barclay (Books in Canada) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
If we forget, we will once again be defenseless against evil. If we forget how bestial, how brutal ... clean, upstanding citizens became, if we forget, then we too could become that way.
Matas has Daniel say, in justification of a book that could give some of its young readers nightmares. This is strong medicine, to be taken with caution.
Pat Barclay (Books in Canada) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
From School Library Journal
Grade 4-8-- Daniel, 14 in 1941, describes first his family's sense of belonging in Germany and their refusal to flee their country despite the initial instances of anti-Semitism they experience. By the time the family is ready to acknowledge the seriousness of their situation, no country is willing to accept them. They are first deported from Frankfurt to the Lodz ghetto in Poland; from Lodz they are sent to Auschwitz, and finally, Daniel and his father are marched to Buchenwald. They are the only two members of the family who survive, and are liberated by the Americans. Daniel tells his story through the "pictures" he has; at first real photographs, and then the images in his head. He is a courageous, sensitive, heroic individual who personalizes the events of the Holocaust. His voice rings true; he is portrayed as an extraordinary youth, but these were times that demanded an exceptional response to increase the likelihood of survival. --Susan Kaminow, Arlington County Public Library, VA
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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